Chechnya, a North Caucasus region of about 1.5 million people, has been described by some in Russia as a “Chechen Khanate.” ...

“During the entire Second Chechen War, Russia lost 6,000 soldiers. That means that in just one month near Pokrovsk, Russia has suffered more fatalities than in the entire Second Chechen War ...

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya. Russian forces have shown utter contempt for ...

The bombings terrorized Russia. The Russian authorities blamed Chechen rebels and thereby galvanized popular support for a new war in Chechnya. President Boris Yeltsin and his entourage were ...

Known as Russia’s most wanted man, Shamil Salmanovich Basayev was a leading Chechen field commander behind some of the most violent and high-profile attacks in the war for Chechen independence.

Benor is a veteran of the Second Chechen War. Vakha, who once served in the Georgian army, fought in 1993 against Russian-backed Abkhazian separatists. Thousands of foreign fighters have joined ...

NALCHIK, Russia -- A Chechen rebel has been sentenced to life ... Sergei Yastrzhembsky, the Kremlin's chief spokesman on the war, hailed the decision. "He was the first of the so-called field ...

Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Russia on Saturday after being filmed behind the wheel of one of the company's Cybertrucks mounted with a machine gun. In a clip ...

Russia should consider mobilizing several million men for a war against Europe, Apti Alaudinov, commander of the “Akhmat” special forces unit, said in his Telegram channel on Thursday. The volunteer ...